BY ORJI ONYEKWERE The Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa has expressed optimism that Nigeria’s partnership with Qatar in areas of art and cultural exchange will create better opportunities for Nigerians in the future. The Minister made this known in Doha during a state visit to Qatar with His Excellency, […]
In a surprising turn of events, Qatar has reversed its earlier decision and will now host the business and investment forum proposed by President Bola Tinubu during his upcoming visit to the Arab country on March 2, 2024. Initially, Qatar had declined the proposed forum, citing the unavailability of the country’s minister of commerce and […]
By Nneka Nwogwugwu Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, His Excellency, Soltan Bin Saad Al-Muralkhi has assured Nigeria of cooperation and support towards improving bilateral relations. The minister said this when the Ambassador-Designate of Nigeria to the State of Qatar, His Excellency, Yakubu Abdullahi Ahmed presented copies of his Letters […]
Two Middle East countries, Kuwait and Qatar have said that they would start jailing people up to three years or fining them thousands of dollars for failing to wear a face mask. In efforts to combat the novel coronavirus, Kuwait’s Health Ministry said anyone caught could face up to three months in prison, while Qatar […]
Qatar has detected three more coronavirus cases among workers on World Cup stadiums, organisers said Thursday, bringing the number of infections among those involved in 2022 tournament construction to eight. The Gulf nation has reported seven deaths from the COVID-19 disease and 4,103 cases in total, announcing the first infections in stadium workers on Wednesday. […]
The former president of Benin Republic, Nicephore Soglo , has revealed that friends from Qatar and Saudi Arabia are responsible for the funding of Boko Haram. Soglo, disclosed this in a statement at the constitutional term limits summit, covered by TheCable, in Naimey, Niger Republic. Soglo said, “Boko Haram is funded by our friends from […]
The peninsular Arab country, Qatar whose terrain comprises arid desert and a long Persian Gulf shoreline of beaches and dunes would host football fans across the world in 2022. Ras Abu Aboud stadium in Doha will be the first fully reusable FIFA stadium for the 2022 event. Seven stadiums was built from scratch to be […]
One of Cameroonian professional footballers, Samuel Eto’o Fils has announced his retirement from his 22 years football career. The 38-year-old soccer legend who last played Qatar Star League side Qatar SC, announced his retirement on his Instagram handle, on Friday. He wrote, “THE END? VERS UN NOUVEAU DÉFI… Merci à vous tous big love ❤️ […]
Tunisian club Esperance were declared the 2018/2019 African Champions League winners on Wednesday in Cairo, Egypt. This was after the disciplinary committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) found opponents Wydad Casablanca guilty of abandoning the second leg game of the final round in May. This reverses an earlier decision by the CAF executive […]
Australia and Indonesia have held talks about making a joint bid for the 2034 FIFA World Cup, despite Indonesia having previous involvement in another bid with Thailand to host the tournament. Football Federation Australia recently met Indonesian Soccer Federation officials to discuss aims to host the tournament at the Asean Football Federation Council in Laos. […]
Nigeria’s table tennis sensation Olajide Omotayo is now fifth best player on the continent following the release of March 2019 ITTF ranking released on Sunday. The Semifinalist at the 2018 ITTF African Championship has been having an impressive season on global stage , which proved catalyst in his movement from his previous position to the […]
Fans of the U-20 National Team wishing to watch the team in the preliminary stage of the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals holding in Poland, will have to pay 20 Poland złoty about (N1,900), according to Federation of International Football who have announced the sale of match tickets. It is the same amount fans […]
A BBC journalist invited to Qatar to examine the living conditions of workers building infrastructure for the 2022 football World Cup was detained for more than 24 hours, the broadcaster reported on Monday. Mark Lobel, a BBC business correspondent based in Dubai, said he and three colleagues were arrested in the capital Doha as […]
President Barack Obama has opened a summit in the US with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab allies, seeking to convince them of US commitment to their security despite deep concern among Arab leaders about US efforts to broker a nuclear deal with Iran. According to Aljazeera, hosting the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) […]